Approaching noon Eastern time Wednesday, there is still no decision from University of Cincinnati football coach Butch Jones on whether he will stay at Cincinnati, accept an offer from Colorado (or perhaps pursue the Wisconsin job?).

But developments Wednesday morning do not seem like the best news that CU athletic director Mike Bohn could receive to start his day:

Respected Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Bill Koch wrote in today’s edition that University of Cincinnati football coach Butch Jones is “torn between” accepting an offer from Colorado — believed to be five years and at least $13.5 million — or remaining in Cincinnati.

A Michigan native, Jones loves the city of Cincinnati, Koch told me. And Cincinnati officials are said to be willing to sweeten his contract in order to convince him to stay.

Negatives with his current job include Nippert Stadium, which is in need of a major upgrade without a known revenue source to pay the bill. And the fact that the Big East Conference is losing Cincinnati’s natural rivals (Louisville and Pittsbugh) to the ACC, and the diluted league will lose leverage when college football goes to a four-team playoff in 2014.

Cincinnati had previously scheduled a news conference for today (11 a.m. mountain) to discuss its Belk Bowl matchup with Duke. If Jones attends that news conference it may be a good sign for the Bearcats.

****UPDATE: Learned later Tuesday morning that Jones is scheduled to participate in the Belk Bowl news conference. But reporters are being asked in advance to limit questions to the bowl and not ask Jones about his future. ****

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.